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Ikeda Zoo

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Japanese name: 池田動物園

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WHAT TO DOIkeda Zoo

A zoo in Okayama, unusually laid out on the slope of Mount Kyozan.

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A zoo in Okayama, unusually laid out on the slope of Mount Kyozan.

About this place

Ikeda Zoo is a private zoo in Kita Ward, Okayama, Okayama Prefecture. The number of animals on display is about 90 species and about 450 individuals (as of August 2022). It was opened in 1953 (Showa 28) as 'Ikeda Sangyo Zoo' by Takamasa Ikeda, grandson of Akimasa Ikeda, a former lord of Okayama Domain, and his wife Atsuko Ikeda, fourth daughter of Emperor Showa. It became the present Ikeda Zoo in 1960 (Showa 35). One feature is that most of the zoo is in the mountains of Kyozan.

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